Price increases. Without no doubt Pinoy Entrepreneurs must be wracking their entrepreneurial brains how to control production or service costs given the rising prices of almost everything. Price of gas is increasing and, with that, follows the price of other factors of production.

The Philippines is one of the most promising countries in terms of high growth rates, a news report reveals. The Philippines is “one of 11 countries that will likely stand out in a globally integrated economy in terms of high growth rates and investment returns over the next 40 years.”

This Pinoy Entrepreneur site had a (poll) regarding the most problematic factors in doing business in the Philippines. The most problematic factor, based on the poll, is graft and corruption (63.9%). Surprisingly, no one considered “crime and theft” as a problematic factor.

The presidential race in the 2010 elections is heating up. We are constantly bombarded with commercials and press releases. Candidates are positioning themselves as the better presidential choice. Survey results are released, showing the front runners in the Presidential race. It’s time we have our own informal survey.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in the 2009 State of the Nation Address (SONA full text) delivered before the Congress on 27 July 2009, mentioned certain “facts” relating to the Philippine economy. Here are some of the assertions in PGMA’s 2009 SONA:

Just a while ago, the Executive Secretary issued Proclamation No. 1752, declaring April 11, 2009 a special non-working holiday. This is obviously not one of the original holidays for 2009 (see list here) declared through Proclamation No. 1699. The reactions to this declaration of special non-working holiday, as well as the previous ones, are varied.

My wife asked if it’s time to withdraw from our pre-need plan as a result of the recent barrage of news about the problems faced by pre-need companies. This is not the first time that pre-need companies are in the hot seat. Years back, the College Assurance Plan (CAP) and Pacific Plans, Inc. (PPI) suffered [...]

An entrepreneur, as noted in the previous article, is “often defined as one who starts his own, new and small business.” For instance, the book “Introduction to ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Success Stories of Filipino Entrepreneurs”, notes in its preface that the “SME sector has become the backbone of the Philippine economy, comprising a staggering 99.6 percent of [...]

Two successive polls at the Front Page is unusual. It hasn’t been done before. But we’re doing it now because this isn’t an ordinary time in business and in the financial lives of everyone. We all know that there’s a financial crisis affecting the world, the Philippines not excluded. It arguably started in the United [...]

Among the items high on my hate-list every December is the really heavy traffic in Metro Manila. If you hate Metro traffic on a regular day, try going to Makati in the evenings during the weeks before December 25. For some strange reasons, everybody seems to be out on the streets. Maybe everybody is out [...]